Theory Help With A Song Options

[Brandon Earman]

Hey GMC, been awhile since I've posted here - been busy with getting back into fall semester.

Anyways check out this song on Grooveshark. I am trying to figure out how I can imitate some of the lead guitar played in this song. I have the chords down:

A7 - A#/A - Bm - Adim2 (Key of A I think?)


It has a jazzy feel to it which I love, but I can't seem to get any good licks or improv going like the guitarist does in this recording.

Any help with the theory/tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

-Brandon

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[El Fortinero]

he is using a slide!!! search about slide techniques, and also the guitar tunnig could be different than the standard, for example it could be "open G tunning"

"I say when i drink what i think when i am sober" soooo truee

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This post has been edited by El Fortinero: Sep 13 2011, 08:46 PM

[Sinisa Cekic]

I think that the pedal steel guitar has been used here. Perhaps a combination of slide + whammy bar, but very difficult to achieve !

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[Brandon Earman]

ok, I was almost positive that there was an electric guitar used for some lead here. Regardless, if I wanted to play over the progression, would there be any special modes or scales to use? I'm guessing it would just be a matter of playing the arpeggios correctly and mixing them into the A major pentatonic?

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[Cosmin Lupu]

Mate

what do you think if you would start from trying to imitate the vocal line with your guitar nail it down perfectly and start analyzing: what notes make it up and how are they arranged? Then, start straying from the vocal line

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